North Korea has appointed a new ambassador to Cuba.

The North’s foreign ministry announced on its website on Thursday that Han Su-chol was appointed as North Korea’s ambassador to Cuba.

Not much is known about Han other than that he had been mentioned in the North’s state-run media as the deputy head of the international department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea since 2022. 

Han’s predecessor, Ma Chol-su, had returned to the North in March, or about a month after South Korea and Cuba established diplomatic ties. 

Some observers say Pyongyang had Ma return home as a way to express its dissatisfaction over the establishment of such diplomatic relations.